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"Pose" is a song recorded by Barbadian singer
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for her eighth studio album, ''
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'' (2016); it is one of three bonus tracks included on the deluxe edition. She wrote the song in collaboration with
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,
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and Travis Scott, and it was produced by the latter two.
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was also enlisted as Rihanna's vocal producer. On April 14, 2017, Rihanna released a four-track EP which included remixes of "Pose" by the
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, Salva, Deadly Zoo and Eva Shaw. "Pose" is a
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song with " Trap&B" influences and a "grungy" and "garbling" production. The song features bragging lyrics in which the singer confronts her critics. Critical response to "Pose" was positive; a number of critics praised its composition and drew comparisons between the song and her 2015 single "
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". Following the release of ''Anti'', the song made an appearance on French charts. Shortly after the release of the ''Pose (Dance Remixes)'' EP, the song debuted at number 45 on the US
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chart, before peaking at number one. In doing so it became Rihanna's thirtieth number one on the chart and her sixth from Anti. "Pose" was featured on the set list of Rihanna's 2016
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.


Background and release

Songwriter
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had been working with producer, Paperboy Fabe, who arranged a session with
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. The sessions resulted in three songs – "Yeah, I Said It", "Higher" and "Pose". On December 27, 2015, songwriter, Glass John, took to
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to express his dissatisfaction about the delay of "
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" release and its parent album, which he blamed on rapper Travis Scott, this led the media to believe that Scott would be either featured or working on ''Anti''. "Pose" was written by
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,
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, Travis Scott and Rihanna. It was produced by
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and Travis Scott, with vocal production being carried out by
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respectively. The song was recorded at
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in Los Angeles and Twin Studios in Paris. The vocal recording was done by producer
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and Marcos Tovar, while Thomas Warren served as a recording assistant. "Sex with Me" was mixed by Manny Marroquin at Larrabee Studios in
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and was assisted by Chris Galland and Ike Schultz. The song was
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by Chris Gehringer at the Sterling Sound Studios in New York City. On April 12, 2017, American hip hop group
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posted an image of Rihanna on their official Twitter account with the caption "...soon", leading the media to believe to that group and Rihanna would be working together on new music. On April 14, 2017, Rihanna released a four-track EP which included remixes of "Pose" by the
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, Salva, Deadly Zoo and
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. That same day the remixes were made available for digital download via iTunes and streaming via Spotify.


Composition and reception

"Pose" is a
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song with " trap&B" influences containing a "grimy" beat, which hears Rihanna using a "rap like vocal" according to Billboard. Da'Shan Smith of ''Billboard'' praised the song and Rihanna's rap-like vocals, stating the "singer finesses broken, staggered rapping into a party track that stunts on the haters." Jessie Morris on behalf of Complex described the song as containing a "grungy" and "garbling" production, which samples the sound of "an iMessage sending on an iPhone." Jessie Morris praised the song's production, stating it was a "monster of a track that ravages the beat;" she also found the use of an iPhone noise ironic due to Rihanna's partnership with Samsung. Lyrically "Pose" was compared to Rihanna's non-album single "
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" by Anna Swartz of Yahoo. Swartz stated that both songs contained a "bass-heavy beat" with "swaggering" lyrics. Swartz noted that "Pose" saw Rihanna confronting her "haters", which was picked up in lyrics such as "And I ain't never liked a broke bitch," "All my haters so-so broke, pipe down," and "All you lame ass bitches is a no go." The song's lyrics go on to attach "naysayers", whilst Rihanna brags about her earning. Swartz stated that unlike the song's parent album, which represented a general shift in Rihanna's musical style, "Pose" felt familiar and similar to Rihanna's previous work, concluding that is why the song was used on the deluxe edition.


Commercial performance

Upon the release of ''Anti'', "Pose" charted at number 98 in France on February 6, 2016. With the release of the remixes EP, the song debuted at number 45 on the US
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chart for the issue dated May 27, 2017, having charted outside the top 50 of the chart at number 51 the previous week. It was the second highest debut of the week, after "
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" by Zayn featuring
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, which debuted one position higher at number 44. It jumped to 29 the following week and again to number 15 in its third, earning the tag of 'gains in performance' from ''Billboard'' in both weeks. It broke into the top ten at number nine in its fourth week with an additional 'gains in performance,' yet despite only climbing two positions to number seven in its fifth week, it was the greatest gainer of all songs charting within the top 50. It eventually topped the chart in its eighth week in the chart issue dated July 15, 2017, becoming her third to do so in 2017 following " Love on the Brain" and "
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" (the most amongst all acts thus far), her sixth from ''Anti'', one of only three albums to have produced as many, and her thirtieth in total. ''Billboard'' chart analyst Gordon Murray noted that Rihanna is closing the gap with Madonna (46), writing that the former has topped the chart seven times since the latter last did so with "
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" featuring
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in August 2015; similarly, Rihanna is the only artist to have charted at least three number-one songs in 2017, followed by
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with two.


Live performances

"Pose" was featured on the set list of Rihanna's 2016
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. The song was included in the "synopsis: greed is good", which featured black and white filming, Kitty Empire of ''The Guardian'', stated that this section of the tour was "hip-hop gangster flick gone art-house".


Formats and track listings

Digital download – Deluxe album version
  1. "Pose" – 2:24
Digital download – Remixes (Explicit) #"Pose" (
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Remix) – 3:21 #"Pose" ( Salva Remix) – 3:23 #"Pose" (Deadly Zoo Remix) – 2:56 #"Pose" (Eva Shaw Remix) – 2:11 Digital download – Remixes (Clean) #"Pose" (Far East Movement Remix) – 3:20 #"Pose" (Salva Remix) – 3:23 #"Pose" (Deadly Zoo Remix) – 2:56 #"Pose" (Eva Shaw Remix) – 2:11


Credits and personnel

The following credits were adapted from the liner notes of ''Anti'', Westbury Road/Roc Nation. Publishing *Hit-Boy Music / U Can't Teach Bein’ The Shhh / Songs of Universal (BMI)// Circa 13/BMG/Arjouni Publishing (ASCAP)// Almo Music Corp./ Fauntleroy Music (ASCAP)// Monica Fenty Music Publishing /Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI); All rights administered by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.// Travis Scott Music (BMI) Recording *Recorded at Westlake Beverly Recording Studios, Los Angeles; Twin Studios, Paris *Mixed at Larrabee Studios, Universal City, California *Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York City, New York Personnel *Songwriting – Chauncey Hollis, Bibi Bourelly, Robyn Fenty, Jacques Webster *Production – Hit-Boy *Additional production – Travis Scott *Vocal production – Kuk Harrell *Vocal recording – Marcos Tovar, Kuk Harrell *Assistant vocal recording – Thomas Warren *Mastering – Chris Gehringer *Mixing – Manny Marroquin *Assistant mixing – Chris Galland, Ike Schultz


Charts


Release history


See also

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